Category: Reviews

7 OUT OF 10 About two-thirds of the way through The World According to Garp, I was bored. My review was already being written, calling it overindulgent, the creation of a writer more in love with his ability to think of quirky situations that to write a really compelling story. And then John Irving threw … More Book Review: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving

4 OUT OF 10 I had massively massive issues with this book. There are pencil scribblings in the margins of almost every page, frustrated and annoyed with the characters and their motivations (or lack thereof). Letters from Skye is a novel told entirely in letters, alternating chapters between two generations. It begins with a fan … More Book Review: LETTERS FROM SKYE by Jessica Brockmole

8 OUT OF 10 This wasn’t a book that I loved while I was reading it, or even right after I finished it. It took a couple of weeks before I could come back and say, yes, this is absolutely a quality work of fiction. Worth rereading sometime? Maybe not, but I certainly have no … More Book Review: WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD by Susan Crandall